Roddam Hall

Roddam Hall is a privately owned 18th-century country house near Wooler, Northumberland. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]

Roddam Hall
Location in Northumberland
General information
LocationNorthumberland, England, UK
Coordinates55.478°N 1.961°W / 55.478; -1.961
OS gridNU025204

The Roddams, an ancient Northumbrian family, held lands at Roddam in ancient times.[2] A survey of 1541 reported a decaying tower house without a barmkin owned by John Roddam. The Roddams lived at Houghton in Northumberland until the early 18th century, when Edward Roddam sold the Houghton estate[2] and built a new three-storey five-bayed house at Roddam.[1]

From 1776 the house was owned by Admiral Robert Roddam. He was a brother-in-law of General Sir Henry Clinton (1730–1795). On his death the estate passed to a distant cousin, William Spencer Stanhope, who changed his name to Roddam. He was High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1834.

The house was reduced to only two storeys[3] in the 20th century.

In 2012 Roddam Hall was sold by Lord Vinson to Lord James Percy, younger brother of the Duke of Northumberland.[4]

References
  1. Keys to the Past
  2. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 1 (1835) p 675 Google Books
  3. English Heritage: Images of England photograph 2004
  4. The Journal (Newcastle) online
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